Crypto weekly is authored by maaria bajwa

PRICE CHANGE: WTD/YTD
- Crypto Market Cap ($2.73T): +1% / -10%
- BTC ($79,065): +2% / -10%
- ETH ($2,513): +2% / -15%
- SOL ($107): +12% / -14%
- HYPE ($84): +2% / +229%
- COIN ($179): -4% / -21%
- Tether Mkt Cap ($183B): 0% / -2%
- USDC Mkt Cap ($74B): +1% / -3%
- BTC / ETH Dominance: 58% / 11%

THIS WEEK IN CRYPTO
- Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh pledged to bring inflation back to target, reinforcing expectations that rates will stay tighter for longer and cooling some of the week’s risk-on momentum. Link.

- Investors are buying both gold and Bitcoin as hedges against renewed anxiety over US borrowing and the dollar, with State Street’s gold ETF seeing $3.4 billion of inflows and BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF seeing $1.5 billion of inflows this week. Link.

- The SEC has sent the White House proposed rules concerning the custody of crypto assets for investment advisors and investment companies, which would include eliminating some existing rules. Details on the proposal have not been made public. Link.

- Bitwise’s Solana ETF crossed $1 billion in AUM 10 months after launching, making it the first Solana ETF to cross the milestone. Link.

- USDC issuer Circle is the official front-of-shirt sponsor for Chelsea FC. Jerseys will prominently say “USDC”. Link.

- The Dallas Fed reports that tokenized deposits could drain $700 billion from bank lending, as it would allow customers to move funds more quickly in search of higher yields. Link.

- Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis reports that global onchain taxable activity reached $457 billion in 2025, with the US accounting or $113 billion. Link. Report.

- Charles Schwab is adding Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its Schwab Crypto Platform. Link.

- Coinbase One members can use Bitcoin or USDC as collateral for a down payment. Link.

- Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm will be retried on charges related to money laundering and sanctions evasion in April. In August 2025 a jury convicted him on a count of money transmitting, but did not reach a verdict on other chargers related to money laundering and sanctions evasion. Link.

- A draft EIP proposes replacing Ethereum’s validator deposit contract with one accepting variable-length keys, clearing the way for post-quantum credentials. Link. Draft.

- Japan’s top financial regulatory agencies are working to establish a blockchain-based payment infrastructure for stocks and Japanese government bonds. Link.

- Solana passed its first binding on-chain governance vote, passing SGP-0002 to reduce its issuance to 1.5% by 2029 instead of 2032. Link.

- AI-generated security reports identified real flaws in Core Lightning software used to send Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network. Link.

- An ECB board member said a digital euro would give users as much privacy as current technology allows. Link.